1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships – Men's 1500 metres

The men's 1500 metres event at the 1999 IAAF World Indoor Championships was held on March 6–7.

Medalists

Gold	Silver	Bronze
Haile Gebrselassie Ethiopia	Laban Rotich Kenya	Andres Diaz Spain

First 3 of each heat (Q) and next 3 fastest (q) qualified for the final.

Rank	Heat	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
1	2	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	3:41.22	Q
2	2	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:41.30	Q
3	2	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:41.32	Q
4	2	Eddie King	Great Britain	3:41.92	q
5	1	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	3:42.46	Q
6	1	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:42.53	Q
6	2	Richard Boulet	United States	3:42.53	q
8	1	William Tanui	Kenya	3:42.54	Q
9	1	Andres Diaz	Spain	3:42.58	q
10	1	Dirk Heinze	Germany	3:42.80
11	1	Hamish Christensen	New Zealand	3:42.80
12	2	Andrey Zadorozhniy	Russia	3:43.04
13	1	David Krummenacker	United States	3:44.29
14	2	José Antonio Redolat	Spain	3:45.52
15	1	Sheldon Monderoy	Trinidad and Tobago	3:47.36
16	2	Kiyoharu Sato	Japan	3:49.26
17	2	Alexis Sharangabo	Rwanda	3:49.81
18	2	Chipako Chungu	Zambia	3:53.46
	2	Sampa Dendup	Bhutan	DNF
	1	Ali Saïdi-Sief	Algeria	DNS
	1	Farhad Heidari	Iran	DNS

Rank	Name	Nationality	Time	Notes
	Haile Gebrselassie	Ethiopia	3:33.77	CR
	Laban Rotich	Kenya	3:33.98
	Andres Diaz	Spain	3:34.46
4	William Tanui	Kenya	3:34.77	PB
5	Rui Silva	Portugal	3:34.99	NR
6	Ali Hakimi	Tunisia	3:37.88	SB
7	Adil Kaouch	Morocco	3:38.48	PB
8	Richard Boulet	United States	3:39.93
9	Eddie King	Great Britain	3:46.59